The word for ice cream in Japanese is aisu (ice) because if they had to say aisu kuriimu all the time it would be too long and they use a native Japanese word for ice (kōri). Also they love shortening loanwords especially (like how Starbucks (sutaabakusu) becomes sutaba or First Kitchen becomes fakkin lol).
The “University of potato ice” is a real thing, or at least it’s natural when separated from ice cream. A university potato is fried sweet potatoes covered with a syrup. Wikipedia says the origin of the name is unclear, and maybe it was invented at one university or maybe just students of a certain university really liked it.
However, the “boobs ice (cream)” is translated correctly and I don’t think it means anything else. Seems especially odd given the message at the bottom about the ¥150 discount for women.
still a sexist thing to do. I rather make it an promotional challenge or something to get them to come back with more customers. e.g.
“Wearing sherbet hats get 150¥ discount!” “Parties of 6+ get discounts!” “Catering orders are 15% off!”
The couples things is a big turn off too.
I haven’t been to too many love hotels so I’m not sure how common that is. I know in Korea they let me get a room with a friend I was traveling with before we both realized it was a love ho.
I know it’s sexist for sure but I was just trying to point out that it’s not much different than the sexism of eg the US, rather than closer to like places in the middle east. Feels like a lot of times people get their impressions of Japan from internet sensations like wacky vending machines rather than from more nuanced sources
Yeah almost. OmnipotentEntity posted a link below, it’s just a company that packages their ice cream in a dome shape container that looks like a boob. I don’t eat ice cream very much so I’ve never run across it but I’ll check next time I go to the grocery store
The word for ice cream in Japanese is aisu (ice) because if they had to say aisu kuriimu all the time it would be too long and they use a native Japanese word for ice (kōri). Also they love shortening loanwords especially (like how Starbucks (sutaabakusu) becomes sutaba or First Kitchen becomes fakkin lol).
The “University of potato ice” is a real thing, or at least it’s natural when separated from ice cream. A university potato is fried sweet potatoes covered with a syrup. Wikipedia says the origin of the name is unclear, and maybe it was invented at one university or maybe just students of a certain university really liked it.
However, the “boobs ice (cream)” is translated correctly and I don’t think it means anything else. Seems especially odd given the message at the bottom about the ¥150 discount for women.
when I do this, I get xenoglossophobic downranked.
When tourists do this, “it’s cute, adorable, hahaha they can’t say ‘sherbet’🍧”
Yeah to a certain extent, but at least this seems on the level of “ladies’ night” or “first drink free for ladies” type thing
still a sexist thing to do. I rather make it an promotional challenge or something to get them to come back with more customers. e.g.
“Wearing sherbet hats get 150¥ discount!” “Parties of 6+ get discounts!” “Catering orders are 15% off!”
The couples things is a big turn off too.
I haven’t been to too many love hotels so I’m not sure how common that is. I know in Korea they let me get a room with a friend I was traveling with before we both realized it was a love ho.
I know it’s sexist for sure but I was just trying to point out that it’s not much different than the sexism of eg the US, rather than closer to like places in the middle east. Feels like a lot of times people get their impressions of Japan from internet sensations like wacky vending machines rather than from more nuanced sources
it’s an incentive to make an underrepresented demographic integrate into the locale.
I bet your buns boobs ice cream is just two scoops that look like boobs
Yeah almost. OmnipotentEntity posted a link below, it’s just a company that packages their ice cream in a dome shape container that looks like a boob. I don’t eat ice cream very much so I’ve never run across it but I’ll check next time I go to the grocery store